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• Blog / Admissions

  Be A Blogger 2015! TAKE THE PLUNGE

  

  very high standard of admission to the academic enterprise and then ... conspiracy of nerds who write about MIT on the Internet and learn the secret ... and I send to all the new bloggers during blogger training: The

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • July 14, 2015
• Blog / MISTI

  MIT-India student interns at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  

  to sharing with others some of the experiences I have had in India and ... /Math/Computers to the novice monks, and some local school children, and participating ... the interaction, academic and otherwise, with graduate students

  • by MISTI Program
  • February 9, 2012
• Blog / MIT Life

  What I’m Watching ...

  

  , the streets after a day of rain reflecting colors in the sky, and I said ... motion of things? Cars and people and hands and raindrops. Would it be learning to trust shapes and colors to be the real thing? Like a faraway

  • by Lulu L. '09
  • July 28, 2008
• FAQ / First-year application

  Do letters of recommendation have to be submitted in the MIT application portal?

  ) information into the Recommendations section of the application, regardless of ... submit documents. However, they do have the option to submit their ... through a third-party service other than the MIT application portal
• Blog / Challenges

  Integration no, not the math one

  

  , and sometimes in the middle of juggling classes, p-sets, terrifying ... expeditions in the Rift Valley and my backpack made of authentic leather and ... its doors for students FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD and make it possible for

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • November 8, 2018
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Freebie I love freebies!

  

  Twice a year all of the bloggers essentially get a freebie post. We ... just appeared the other day and mine is, as far as I know, in its final ... schedule means that school (and the accompanying work) is about to begin

  • by Snively '11
  • August 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Deadline Day Happy November 1, Early Action applicants.

  

  that as of last night, more than half of the applicants have already ... 'd like it to. We're reading for content, and we're used to seeing the ... tracking system. We are opening a lot of mail right now, and it takes

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  many pink dresses come to 2.009 :D

  

  -- and we've each come up with a unique product, and have spent the last ... finally sleep after the launch). Tune in to our presentation!!! I'm one of the presenters for Pink Team, but I own two pink articles of clothing: a

  • by Amber V. '24
  • December 5, 2023
• Blog / MIT Life

  Birthday Boy Ben Birthday explosion inside.

  

  Matt and Nance and all the other admissions officers, of course.) Not ... " poster, his turtle collection, and the picture of one of Ben's sons in the ... story of how my friends and I unleashed a birthday explosion in his office

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2008
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  “So what’s being a blogger like?” i spill the (lukewarm) tea

  

  back and re-read the sample posts that I applied with a couple of times ... depends on who's blogging at the time and what they want to get out of it ... this part of the job and getting to meet more admissions officers and

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • February 1, 2023
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Things change, but the friends remain

  

  Hello! A lot has changed, but the friends and the vlogs remain. Doing this in the only way I know how :) [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIxbyMxSrcM[/embed] PS - As I read the previously published blogs, I see a bunch of us have

  • by Celena C. '12
  • January 23, 2025
• Blog / Admissions

  Snapshot Statshot A quick look at some numbers from this year's admissions process.

  

  of the year to date in MIT Admissions. This year, we had 13 ... colleges in terms of waitlist size, usually keeping one of the proportionally ... uncertainty around yield, we decided to significantly increase the size of our

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • March 17, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Juniors: MITES, RSI and WTP deadlines approaching Summer programs at MIT for 11th graders.

  

  , engineering, and entrepreneurship. The Research Science Institute (RSI), sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Education and MIT, is a rigorous ... , the sciences, and engineering. The Women's Technology Program (WTP) is

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • January 26, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Central Square Dance Party You can even play the videos and dance along to them. It'll be like you…

  

  like you were there with us, here's a little bit of the evening: And in ... has been so sporadic lately. That, and the Sex and the City kick I've been on for the past two months.*) A couple weekends ago the city of

  • by Jess K. '10
  • August 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Things A collective end-of-the-semester brain dump

  

  this point the impending summer where i will explore more of boston and ... the uncertainty of the future, growing old, and growing apart from the ... alone blog. I wanted to do an end-of-the-year reflection but thought it

  • by Alexa J. '20
  • May 20, 2017
• Blog / Challenges

  H0sed Psets, exams, and being "mediocre" at MIT.

  

  .) Psets stand for Problem Sets, and they are the equivalent of the "homework ... . * They are comprised of mainly critical thinking problems, and the number ... , vast, majority of your course percentage comes from exams and the final

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 9, 2008
• Blog / Events

  Splash 2018 Learn about anything and everything!

  

  skellys, and evil candy corn). One of my favorite aspects of the game is the ... events such as Splash, Spark, Cascade, and several others! The program I ... teaching high schoolers about any topic they want. To give you a sense of the

  • by Mimi S. '22
  • October 4, 2018
• Blog / About Decisions

  It’s the PI-nal countdown! Don't roll your eyes at me.

  

  rejection letter. And the best way I can think of to calm your nerves right ... happens for a reason, and while you can debate the validity of that ... -in-their-pants jitteriness they felt - we (and by "we" I mean "I") try to maintain the little

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • March 12, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Update from Kentucky

  

  most of the false positives, and in the meantime I'll keep playing with ... come up with real things to write. In the past week and a half I've gone ... of good friends ranging from the classes of '93 to '07 (Friday night

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • May 30, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection Day 3

  

  one of the breaks today, Stu, Amy, Mari and I headed over to the Student ... Student Center). It was good relaxation during a serious time of year. The post-work relaxation included a nice nap and a viewing of the classic

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • December 6, 2004